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Spreading
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- 1 The act by which something is spread. countable, uncountable
"Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields."
- 2 The act of spreading (speedreading). uncountable
"Chief among the strategies exploiting this rule was "spreading" (a combination of "speed" and "reading"), where debaters would rattle off arguments at a blistering pace. Their speeches often exceeded 300 words per minute. (A conversational pace is about 60 per minute.)"
- 3 act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time wordnet
- 4 the opening of a subject to widespread discussion and debate wordnet
- 5 process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space wordnet
- 1 present participle and gerund of spread form-of, gerund, participle, present
"And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon."
- 2 present participle and gerund of spread form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
By surface analysis, spread + -ing.
By surface analysis, spread + -ing.
Blend of speed + reading.
Blend of speed + reading.
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